Brian Ashley

The Aramco oil refinery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. COP30 offered no fossil-fuel phase-out; oil-producing nations blocked binding language, and the final deal focused on voluntary road maps instead.

COP 30: Entrenching the crisis of climate politics

Brian Ashley — The gap between official international climate policy and the lived reality of a warming world has never been wider. In Belém, that gap became a chasm.
SACP

South Africa: Can the SACP help rebuild a democratic, militant left?

Brian Ashley — The South African Communist Party’s decision to stand candidates represents a potential step in re-conquering working-class independence.

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